I’m sharing some links to web 2.0 tools that I have used successfully with students: Big Huge Labs http://bighugelabs.com/ (Love the trading cards and magazine cover apps) Animoto http://animoto.com/education (Use the education version of this multimedia program and you can access your students work with a login) Another advantage, students can access their work via the Internet—- no worries about software versions or platform. wordle http://www.wordle.net/ Create word clouds with any group of text. Glogster http://edu.glogster.com Create interactive multimedia posters (an example is on the Appalachian Literature moodle I shared in an earlier post). Google Earth Trips - Download the software, create maps linked with student created content. Many examples are called Google Lit Trips but you can use this tool with any geographically focused lesson. MyFakeWall http://www.myfakewall.com/ Create “Facebook” type pages from biographical information. The site has many examples that could be used for instruction. Museum Box http://museumbox.e2bn.org/ This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. Many boxes available on the site could be used for instruction. Zimmer Twins http://www.zimmertwins.com/ Create animated movies with very little “learning-curve” and no software downloads. Storybird http://storybird.com/ Collaborative creation of picture books. Free educator account allows you to create your own student generated library. Dipity http://www.dipity.com/ Create an interactive timeline. Kerpoof Studio (K-8) http://www.kerpoof.com/ Make a picture, a movie, a drawing or a card by selecting a background and then dragging and dropping your selected additions. Educator account allows teachers moderate a class message board with students posting creations and collaborating on a project in real-time from different computers. Aviary http://www.aviaryeducation.com/ Use educator part of the site to create logos, web templates, screen captures, edit your photos. Site is full of online creation tools. Go!Animate http://goanimate4schools.com/public_index This education version of the popular animation site allows users to create animated stories and to search the database created by other users. SimplyBox http://www.simplybox.com/ Save URL’s with your own annotations organized with your own headings and share them with any other Simply box user. Great tool for research groups.
Big Huge Labs http://bighugelabs.com/ (Love the trading cards and magazine cover apps)
Animoto http://animoto.com/education (Use the education version of this multimedia program and you can access your students work with a login) Another advantage, students can access their work via the Internet—- no worries about software versions or platform.
wordle http://www.wordle.net/ Create word clouds with any group of text.
Glogster http://edu.glogster.com Create interactive multimedia posters (an example is on the Appalachian Literature moodle I shared in an earlier post).
Google Earth Trips - Download the software, create maps linked with student created content. Many examples are called Google Lit Trips but you can use this tool with any geographically focused lesson.
MyFakeWall http://www.myfakewall.com/ Create “Facebook” type pages from biographical information. The site has many examples that could be used for instruction.
Museum Box http://museumbox.e2bn.org/ This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. Many boxes available on the site could be used for instruction.
Zimmer Twins http://www.zimmertwins.com/ Create animated movies with very little “learning-curve” and no software downloads.
Storybird http://storybird.com/ Collaborative creation of picture books. Free educator account allows you to create your own student generated library.
Dipity http://www.dipity.com/ Create an interactive timeline.
Kerpoof Studio (K-8) http://www.kerpoof.com/ Make a picture, a movie, a drawing or a card by selecting a background and then dragging and dropping your selected additions. Educator account allows teachers moderate a class message board with students posting creations and collaborating on a project in real-time from different computers.
Aviary http://www.aviaryeducation.com/ Use educator part of the site to create logos, web templates, screen captures, edit your photos. Site is full of online creation tools.
Go!Animate http://goanimate4schools.com/public_index This education version of the popular animation site allows users to create animated stories and to search the database created by other users.
SimplyBox http://www.simplybox.com/ Save URL’s with your own annotations organized with your own headings and share them with any other Simply box user. Great tool for research groups.